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Giving Back at Folsom

14 PAX on a mild December morning for a JV workout led by YHC. Gonna keep it pretty simple today, so let’s get started. Disclaimer, pledge, quick warmup and let’s go.

 

Mosey to the block pile and partner up. One partner rifle carries the block while the other does 3 burpees then runs to catch up and switch. Continue in this manner all the way to the upper parking lot at the Ag Building. Enough block work for now.

Double Dirty Merkin Ladder

20 merkins on one side of the parking lot, run across to the far side stopping for a burpee at each of the islands and then 19 merkins. Back and forth across the lot dropping the merkins by 1 each time and continuing with the burpees each time you cross the island. This took quite a bit longer than YHC had allotted, so the weinke will need to be modified. Not the first Q fail and won’t be the last.

Back to the blocks. Partner up again for some Dora 1-2-3. One runs a lap around the lot while the other works.

100 Alpo’s

200 Goblet squats

300 Chest press

Take the blocks back to the pile the same way you got them here.

 

Time is running short, but we still have work to do. Head to the tennis courts for some Walkercides. Run one court for 5 IW squats then back to start for 5 Big Boys, run to second court for 10 IW squats then back to start for 5 Big Boys. Keep it up until you’ve made it all the way across. We may have been a minute or two late getting back to the flag, but no complaints. Not any that I listened to anyway.

 

NMM/COT

About halfway through the workout I asked the PAX to consider how they would answer two questions.

  1. What has F3 given me?
  2. What have I given back as a result of what I’ve been given?

We had a good discussion on these questions and the importance of giving back. Giving back entails sacrifice and you have to give up something to be able to do it. Make the sacrifice and make a difference in the lives of others.

 

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.”

Maya Angelou

 

Be praying for:

Huck, Turtleman, Super Dave’s mom, MW’s friend from church, Purple Haze’s mom, Bedpan’s mother in law, military and others away from family during the holidays and all the sickness going around.

 

YHC took us out.

I’m Broke

The Old Crossroad Switcharoo and Nipple Bandit

YHC and Purple Haze switched AO’s for Q-Source and he completed his backblast before me #HIM
Being named the 2023 Nantan is an honor and after that big announcement and the Christmas party dessert table YHC needed to get in some first F. A lot of Crossroads PAX were running ten miles but the rest of us mortals needed to do the standard. YHC voluntold Def Leppard to pick the route since YHC doesn’t know much about Dallas except the town square, Folsom, and Old School. Def Leppard repaid me with immediately beginning the (2 lap) Gaston College route and nippling and defiling my drivers side mirror with a sweaty nipple band aid after the workout. You hate to see it.
The Mayor led the way for the first half of the run and has continued to impress. He truly is a runner now. Wichita could only be controlled so long before he pulled away but at least he knew where he was going. Gumby and I had a nice run and fellowship mosey and we all finished with a total of 13 runners.

8 stayed for Q-Source on “Articulation”. When a leader has a vision, he must articulate the mission so that others understand (not necessarily like) the mission. The more complicated the vision, the more articulation is required to describe the waypoints it will take to get there. Every person can articulate, but most people choose not to, but a leader must articulate because that is what leaders do.
Announcements: Possible beer mile in late December?
Prayer Requests: Turtleman, Huckleberry, Gumby’s Mom and Brother in law. Each other and family. Those who struggle with depression and/or loss during the holidays.
Be on the lookout for 2023 news. I am thinking about a good New Year’s Day beatdown convergence to start the year off sore….I mean right.
If you haven’t read Freed to Lead or Q-Source, make it a resolution and do so. Dredd and OBT articulate what it means to be in F3 in those books and you will understand (it doesn’t matter if you like it) it better.
Aye!
Roscoe

A little push at The Goat

YHC got up this fine frosty morning with the idea of bringing a little something extra to The Goat this morning. And he did! Went a little like this:

 

COP:

SSH X 20

IW X20

Gravel pickers X 20

Grapevine stretches

Mtn. Climbers X 20

DORA 1-2-3 at top lot by the tracks.

100 HR merkins

200 Big Boys

300 Squats

P1 does work, P1 runs around the building and relieves P2. This takes awhile with 200 big boys!

Mosey to the Gondola

Dirkins, stepups, dirkins, inclined big boys X 10

Mosey to the corner by the Twisted Goat, rinse and repeat above 15X

Mosey to the corner by the memorial, rinse and repeat X 20

Down to the bottom of the hill by the old lodge for Triple nickel plank jacks nd burpees. We got through 4 rolls before time expired so over to COT.

NM: Great push today, Small 4 man crew to start with and expanded to the running crew of BOS, Orangemen, and Breaker Breaker that showed up also. Again, a great push and a great day to lead these fine men!

Tesla

Foreign Exchange Q

Following a quick conversation some weeks back, Roscoe and I decided to do a little “switcheroo” for Q-source.  He led the team at Crossroads and I traveled to Coconut Horse.  I arrived in the parking lot and it wasn’t long before Flintstone returned from some solo EC.  The others soon arrived and we were off!   All returned and we moved indoors for Q-source (Equipping).  Thanks men, it was an honor to lead.

Announcements / COT:  Christmas party was a big success and a lot of fun / Adopt-a-highway next Saturday after Gashouse, HC with Freight / Turtleman Christmas decorating still trying to confirm / Possible New Year’s Day convergence somewhere but stayed tuned…

Prayer Requests:  Purple Haze’s Mom / Queso concussion recovery / Turtleman

Excuse me while I kiss the sky!  PH

Crossroads 11/27/22

Some rucked, some ran but we ALL got soaked!  It was a wet mess.  One FNG that came to the Christmastown 5K the night before returned for the gloom at Crossroads.  Welcome Andrew Caskey (F3 Kernel)!  He’s hoping to explore the regions near Fayetteville, NC where he serves at Bragg.  A total of 10 HIM put in some work.

Short Crew at Member’s Only!

A little pre Thanksgiving ruck and run at Member’s only this morning 11/20. Welcome back “The All” and FNG Mainframe, so named for his long time IT career that started inn the days of the old mainframe. How soon we forget!

Ruck had The Wall, Mainframe, Breaker-Breaker, The Wall, and Tesla. Bubba Sparxx and Gavel ran.

Great session on Team Building at Qsource. pretty important stuff. Weall jumped in and added our comments and questions. Just as it should be!

Tesla

45’06”

Chad100 was today at GasHouse. Read about Chad Wilkerson, the SEAL, when you have a chance. Can also listen to the Jocko podcast #296 with his wife, Sara Wilkerson. Basically, it is about a SEAL who suffered from traumatic brain injury and eventually took his life, and how his wife is helping prevent this for future military personnel.

We did 1000 step ups with a ruck and all got better. I said this last year, but I plan on training a little more regularly this coming year. Maybeline was a trooper pushing me during the training the last couple months and JJ did this with us even without training and after 3 miles of EC!!!

We finished then hit COT with PainLabbers and Frosty. 6 of us made it to coffeteeria at the CBD.

Great work this am guys!

Whoopee

Run, Walk, Ruck, Whatever

Good crowd this brisk morning. Some ran and some walked. Some were quite and some talked. Some got in some EC and some just made it out of bed. No matter the circumstance if you showed up you got a little better than you were before. Good work men.

This message is a great deal late and I can’t remember all the details from the COT other than lots of babies on the way prayers for those families. Christmas Dinner 12/3 go vote and or sign up. Prayers for all PAX and their families during this holiday season.

Dinner Plans Were Cancelled

12 HIM showed for a warm November workout. Here is what happened.

Warmarama:

SSH, Gravel Pickers, Hillbilly’s

 

Thang:

We moseyed over to the turd shack by the pond, Rack and Stack starting with  10 Perfect Form Merkins then 20 Mountain Climbers, 30 LBC’s, and finally 40 Star Jumps.

Mosey to the hill that leads to the pier and do a Triple Nickel with Mike Tysons at the bottom and WW I at the top.

Next we mosey to each light post doing 5 of each exercises, Imperial Walker Squats, American Hammers and Diamond Merkins.

We make it back to start with time left for Dora so we partner up for 100 merkins, 200 squats and 300 LBC’s.  Lunge walk the short distance back to start. Time

 

Announcements:

shirt preorder

Christmas party Dec 3 at 6pm

Prayer Request:

Tim Dellinger

Pockets dad

SA’s Daughter

Huck,

Turtleman

Purple Haze mom

my mom

Golddigger flu

stressful holidays

Wichita and family

 

Great work men! Just another walk in the park for this crowd.  I’m glad to call each one of you a brother! Thanks for having my back. It was an honor to lead you tonight.

Rack’m Stack’m but leave no man behind

ok new Q November is over. Back to your regularly scheduled program! It’s cold I’m sick, people don’t know how to park…this week kind of sucks but I have the Q so here we go!

Warm up:
Gravel pickers, toy soldiers, right over left over right stretchy things, Abe Vigoda

The Thang:
Mosey to bottom of Folsom parking lot. I ask the Pax what the motto of F3 is? Crickets. I ask again .. Purple Haze tells me! “Leave no man behind but leave no man where you found him.” I have been to a couple of workouts lately where we kind of got strung out and people are many blocks behind, and we are waiting and standing, and some go back for the 6 and some don’t…well we gonna do it the BallJoint way today! Standing rule for next 45mins if you are done with your work, do SSH or if you can’t do that plank till everyone is done with their work/run. we didn’t start work or leave on a mosey till everyone was ready to move together…. No man left behind today!
Mosey to first light pole—10 burpees
Mosey back to bottom of parking lot —10 burpees
Mosey to next light pole up the street—20 jungle boy squats
Mosey back to bottom of parking lot —10 burpees, 20 jungle boy squats
Mosey to next next light pole up the street—30 merkins
Mosey back to bottom of parking lot —10 burpees, 20 JB squats, 30 merkins
Etc..Etc.. 40 big boys, 50 mountain climbers(oneleg), 60 Flutters(oneleg)
That took exactly 45 mins! Everyone pushed hard and had no time to talk! Tonka said this was the quietest workout he had ever been too!

announcements:
Christmas Party this Saturday!! Sign up and Vote

Prayers:
Huck
Wirenut /family
Purple Haze/family
Pallbearer /family
SA/Family
Pappy/Family

Good Work today HIM!
SYITG
Ball Joint

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